[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sponger \spon"ger\ -j~er, n.
   1. one who sponges, or uses a sponge.
      1913 webster

   2. one employed in gathering sponges.
      1913 webster

   3. fig.: a parasitical dependent; a hanger-on.
      1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

sponger
     n 1: a workman employed to collect sponges
     2: a follower who hangs around a host without benefit to the
        host in hope of gain or advantage syn: leech, parasite,
         sponge
see also:
leech parasite sponge 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

28 moby thesaurus words for "sponger":
   barnacle, beat, beggar, bloodsucker, bummer, cadger,
   coupon clippers, deadbeat, drone, freeloader, hanger-on, idle rich,
   leech, leisure class, lounge lizard, lumpen proletariat, mendicant,
   moocher, nonworker, panhandler, parasite, rentiers, smell-feast,
   spiv, sponge, sucker, the unemployable, the unemployed

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